Comments on: A Flock Of Seagulls

By: Grouchy’s Liberaltopiaâ„¢ » Collective Nouns For Birds

Grouchy’s Liberaltopiaâ„¢ » Collective Nouns For Birds — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:01:56 +0000

[...] of these nouns is as endless as it is creative. Who hasn’t heard of a Cooch of Anis or a A Flock of Seagulls? Hey! That last one almost rhymes with a Gathering of Eagles. The GoE organizers need a head [...]

By: Karl Rove II

Karl Rove II — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:31:44 +0000

Wouldn’t a Gathering of Beagles be more appropriate? Medium sized canines who yelp and bark a lot at squirrels…and shadows.

“The first mention of the beagle in English literature by name dates from 1475. The origin of the word “beagle” is uncertain, although it has been suggested that the word derives from the French begueule (meaning “open throat”, or more colloquially, “loudmouth”) or from an Old English, French, or Welsh term beag, meaning “small.” Other possibilities include the French beugler (meaning “to bellow”) and the German begele (meaning “to scold”).”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beagle#Name

By: Nellcote

Nellcote — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 04:33:49 +0000

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgif=/c/a/2006/12/20/BAGOPN338D6.DTL

By: Tom - Daai Tou Laam

Tom - Daai Tou Laam — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:32:20 +0000

Oregon Guy said @ March 6, 2007 at 19:59

And wow- armbands? Thatâ€™s a nice touch. Seriously, has any other political group marketed armbands since the 2d World War? Besides the usual out-of-the-closet white-supremacist groups (Stormfront, the Klan), of course.

Well there are those Red State Armbands of the Glorious Conservative Cultural Revolution in the name of Dear Leader in defense of the Dictatorship of the Petroltariat! I think the General has some artistic renditions of these at the top of his fine call to arm(band)s.

By: Herr Doktor Bimler

Herr Doktor Bimler — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:04:54 +0000

Eaglets, I’ve had a few-
met; Then again, too few to mention…

By: John Protevi

John Protevi — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:38:08 +0000

Are you sure these aren’t wedding photos?

By: Teh Dog With Peanut Butter on Nose

Teh Dog With Peanut Butter on Nose — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:17:21 +0000

Gavin, your picture Update reeks of fat bigotry! I demand you apologize over the next 20 posts or I shall remove you from my blogroll!

Or not. I’m still not sure i’m upset, but maybe I am.

Damn this moral relativity!

By: Herr Doktor Bimler

Herr Doktor Bimler — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:38:57 +0000

How can you have your smear if you donâ€™t have your spit !!!
Gleet?

By: Black Nascar Star

Black Nascar Star — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:31:58 +0000

How many times have you sat in front of the TV over the last four years, watching anti-war activists march on Washington, chase the ROTC off your local college campus, vandalize war memorials, insult the troops and wreak havoc under the surrender banner?
——
Hey !!! She left out spitting on returning soldiers !!!

The lede must reach its crescendo with sweeping, urban-myth style accusations of hippies spitting on soldiers !!!

How can you have your smear if you don’t have your spit !!!

By: Principal Blackman

Principal Blackman — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:39:12 +0000

Teh Malkin:
How many times have you sat in front of the TV over the last four years, watching anti-war activists march on Washington, chase the ROTC off your local college campus, vandalize war memorials, insult the troops and wreak havoc under the surrender banner?

Her entire lede sounds like a trade-show come-on:

Man: Folks, how often have you opened the morning paper only to have the rubber band fly off and hit you right in the eye?
Marge: Never, but it’s my number-once concern!

By: thepoliticalcat

thepoliticalcat — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:38:23 +0000

I thought gleet was one of those unsavory exudates associated with, ahem, social diseases.

By: thepoliticalcat

thepoliticalcat — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:30:21 +0000

A Flock of Seagulls? What, fly in, make lots of noise, shit all over everything, and leave? That kind of flock of seagulls?

By: kdaddy

kdaddy — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:02:25 +0000

Hopefully there will be a conveniently located Army Recruiting booth
amidst this gathering so the eligible eaglets can muster in mass for
the golden opportunity to put their asses where their mouths are. And I
mean that most respectfully to all who have.

By: Dick Mountjoy

Dick Mountjoy — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:02:20 +0000

Owls produce fewmets? How do they do with yankees?

By: Herr Doktor Bimler

Herr Doktor Bimler — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:59:17 +0000

As for eagle nests â€” they are very badly made, huge top-heavy stacks of dead wood smeared with guana and leftover carrion

Oww, these pedantry pants are tight… they seem to have shrunk since last time I wore them…
No, the term guano can only be used of bats and seabirds. Owls (and questing beasts) produce fewmets, but the term for a hawk dropping is a mute — which I’m happy to apply to eagles as well.

Did you know that ‘gleet’ is the stomach phlegm of a hawk? Neither did I until just now.

By: blowback

blowback — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:03:44 +0000

Do you think it a gathering of this eagle?

By: MCH

MCH — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:49:47 +0000

Magic: The Gathering of Eagles

We gotta tap two blue and Counterspell these bozos…

By: mario fitzputzo

mario fitzputzo — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:18:38 +0000

They do stoop:

Eagles, a stooping of

By: mario fitzputzo

mario fitzputzo — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:17:42 +0000

Eagles don’t gather, apparently…

A congress of eagles
A convocation of eagles

By: mario fitzputzo

mario fitzputzo — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:15:33 +0000

collective nouns for birds are such fun: A cooch of Anis